Chinmaya International Foundation invites you for the webinar ‘Adoration of the Mother’, a reverential offering of the three suktams – Sri Suktam, Medha Suktam and Durga Suktam. This Webinar will be facilitated by Swami Sharadananda Sarasvati.
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Chinmaya International Foundation invites you for the webinar ‘Adoration of the Mother’, a reverential offering of the three suktams – Sri Suktam, Medha Suktam and Durga Suktam. This Webinar will be facilitated by Swami Sharadananda Sarasvati.
‘Shakti’, the creative power of Brahman has been worshipped as the Divine Mother – the Feminine Principle, the source of all cosmic energy, who manifests herself as the multiplicities of the Universe. Chinmaya International Foundation invites you for the webinar ‘Adoration of the Mother’, a reverential offering of the three suktams – Sri Suktam, Medha Suktam and Durga Suktam. This Webinar will be facilitated by Swami Sharadananda Sarasvati.
Mother’s glories are eulogised throughout the Vedas as Creator, Sustainer and Protector of all life forms. As Goddess Durga, She is the protective cosmic fire; as Goddess Sri, She is the bestower of wealth, beauty and prosperity. As Goddess Sarasvati, She removes the darkness of ignorance and blesses us with the power of acquiring, retaining and applying knowledge. Indeed, to worship Her is to invoke the all bestowing power, Shakti, within.
Revel in the glories of the Mother in this webinar with discourses on Sri Suktam, Medha Suktam and Durga Suktam by Swami Sharadananda Sarasvati.
Dates and Schedule : 15 to 28 October
Time: Daily 7 to 8 AM IST
Duration: Two weeks
Language: English
Age Group: 18 and above
Suggested Webinar Donation: ₹3000 / US$ 85
All recordings will be available for the participants on the dashboard up to a period of three months after the completion of the webinar.
Webinar Highlights:
The Sri Durga and Lalita Tripurasundari Pujas (6:00 PM IST) will be Live streamed on the Chinmaya YouTube Channel daily from 15 to 23 October 2023.
About the texts covered in the Webinar
Swamiji will be expounding on the following Suktams:
Sri Suktam:
This magnificent suktam from the Rigveda, is closely related to the description and worship of Sri Trigunatmika Mahamaya, the conjunction of the three gunas, is the creative urge of Purusha, who manifests as the powers of desire, knowledge and action. She is the resplendent, Divine Mother of the Universe, who not only gave birth to it but protects and sustains it as well. By the power of Mahamaya, we perceive One Brahman as the multiplicity of the world.
There are 15 mantras in this Suktam – each one is distinct, with different metres, composed by different sages and worships Mother in different forms of Mahalakshmi. The prayers are for Her grace and blessings to bestow upon us material prosperity, protections from all negative forces and final Liberation.
Medha Suktam:
Medha Suktam from the Yajurveda beseeches Indra, Agni, Ashvini Kumaras, Surya and also goddess Saraswati to grant ‘Medha’, that is intelligence, and the capability to retain.
In essence, Medha Suktam relates to the worship of Knowledge visualised as a Goddess, and has been commonly chanted as a prayer to Devi Sarasvati.
Durga Suktam:
Durga Suktam, a potent suktam from the Yajurveda, is a worship to Goddess Durga as cosmic fire. The mantras therein, praise Her, help one to take refuge in Her, pray for removal of internal darkness, worldly difficulties and request Her to help cross over the life and seek blessings of pleasures so as to gain contentment.
Class Attendance Guidelines
Students are advised not to miss any class, and if they do miss for any inevitable reasons, they are required to catch up with recordings before attending the next class.
If one is unable to attend the streamed Webinar sessions because of time difference and so on, one can watch the recorded sessions that will be made available on the dashboard.
Prerequisite
Good internet connection will be required.
About the Facilitator
Swami Sharadananda Sarasvati joined the 12th batch of the Vedanta Course under Swami Ishwarananda at Sandeepany Sadhanalaya, Mumbai, in 2002. Prior to joining the Chinmaya Mission, Swamiji studied various Indian spiritual disciplines including Vedanta and Yoga from different ashrams and institutions like Ramakrishna Mission, Divine Life Society (Rishikesh), Bihar School of Yoga (Munger), and others. A post-graduate in Advaita Vedanta, he ranked first at the All India level and was awarded a gold medal from the prestigious Central Sanskrit University, Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, New Delhi.
He is a Member of the Academic Council of Chinmaya Vishwavidyapeeth. Swamiji was the Acharya of the one-year residential Vedanta Sadhaka Course (2021–2022), conducted at Adi Sankara Nilayam. Swamiji facilitates many camps at CIF based on Sanatana Dharma, Vedanta, Bhakti, and so on. He was also the Acharya of the two-year residential Vedanta Course (2018–2020) in Malayalam at Kerala Sandeepany, Adi Sankara Nilayam.
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